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07/25/08
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The Secret of the Grain (2008)
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Reviews Counted: 11
Fresh: 11
Rotten:0
Average Rating: 7.6/10
Genre: Dramas
Reviews for The Secret of the Grain
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Top Critic Kechiche projects onto the viewer an immigrant population's impatient longing for liberty, equality and success, concocting a dish that is no more bitter or half-baked than cultural exile itself.
06/17/08
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10/27/07
Top Critic The film manages to be both an homage to women and a heartbreaking cultural commentary, and it's intense.
10/03/08
Give some patience to The Secret of the Grain and the rewards are there for the reaping.
10/03/08
...a boisterous, sprawling affair with time outs for small intimacies and a last act that defies expectations.
07/09/08
Thriambos toy sfihtoy senarioy me stoho kai apopsi kai tis aplis kinimatografisis me emfasi stin oysia tis, to La Graine et le Mulet einai eykola ap' tis kalyteres tainies tis hronias. To mono hreiazetai, einai to tharros na mpeis stin aithoysa, ki as' to
05/06/08
Warmly magical... Building to a tender Big Night-like feast where the gang's all here, suspense is as thick and exciting as communal joy, and a single sexy surprise proves one of the greatest moments in film this year...
04/28/08
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04/24/08
Top Critic Through his superlative cast of performers, Kechiche's family portrait is a doting record of the innate resiliency of this beloved community.
04/23/08
Patience is required to become involved in the lives of this extended family, but there are rewards, including the vibrant performance of 20 year old newcomer Hafsia Herzi as Rym
03/16/08
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03/14/08
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10/27/07
Top Critic Though not all of the film's 151 minutes feel indispensable, the story and mise-en-scene of this immigrant family's daily struggles are so involving that it is still well worth seeing on the big screen.
10/22/07
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